<p>anyway, do you think I should email and ask them about my finaid?</p>
<p>I’m in Hong Kong…havent heard anything!!..does that mean Im rejected??</p>
<p>@janette Don’t worry. I haven’t heard anything either but I think they sent our decisions via snail mail. They only send e-mails to int. applicants from certain countries.</p>
<p>^ How do you know that? I haven’t gotten anything, either.</p>
<p>armadillozrawk07- I really like everything about haverford except the size, but then again Villanova, and Byrn Mawr are right nearby. I really can’t choose.</p>
<p>Are there any other US students who haven’t heard yet? The other two kids who applied from my d’s school got their letters yesterday; at our house, today, nada. She’s going nuts (and so am I!).</p>
<p>Just got the packet this afternoon (in Kentucky)!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
SAT Verbal:740
SAT Math: 780
SAT Writing: 790
SAT Total: 2310
SAT II: Chem: 790 Math II: 800
ACT: Didn’t take the ACT.
AP/IB taken/scores: AP Chemistry: 5 AP Lang/ Composition: 3
GPA weighted: 4.01 out of 4.3
GPA unweighted: ~3.83 out of 4.3
Rank or % estimate: 21/219
Essays: The Common App was convenient to use. My essay was pretty good-- it talked about overcoming a personal disability. My “Why Vassar” essay apparently sounded enthusiastic, according to my college counselor.
Teacher Recs: Great. I had my AP English and my Precalculus Honors teachers write them. I also sent in an additional letter from my club advisor for the Tutoring Club and the Multicultural Club.
Counselor Rec: Great. She and I get along really well.
Interview: It went well. It was an alumni interview with a mother that thought that I’d do really well at Vassar.
Hook (if any): Um… music? I don’t know. Sorry. ::scratches head::
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Legacy: None
Recruited Athlete & Sport: None
Important ECs: Tutoring Club (president), Multicultural Club (president), Omega (literary magazine), Lead role in Spring Musical (“Into the Woods”), Math Club, European Concert Tour, All-State Chorus, Region Chorus, Madrigal Singers, Madrigal Dinner, Club Cabaret (“show tunes”-based), Diphthongs (acapella group), Voice Lessons, Piano Lessons, Hospital Volunteering, Camp Counselor/ Volunteer, Tutoring a 6th grader in my sophomore year, National Student Leadership Conference, and the Summer Institute for the Gifted Program at Amherst College.<br>
Other Factors: National Merit Commended Scholar, Commended Award for the National Duck Stamp Drawing Contest, Piano Award, Selection for NJ Stars, Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar, and Commendation for Participation in the National Spanish Exam.<br>
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congratulations to all who were admitted and consolation to all of those who weren’t. All of you on this message board seriously deserve to go to Vassar.</p>
<p>for the life of me, i can’t understand why some of you didn’t get in. some of those sat scores were more than 200 points higher than mine…</p>
<p>i guess being asian helps…quotas anyone?</p>
<p>no letter today in TX</p>
<p>I’m in New York and everyone else here who applied to Vassar got their letters a couple of days ago. HOWEVER I still have not. What does it mean!?! Ahh</p>
<p>If I haven’t gotten an email yet, am I rejected?</p>
<p>Hey don’t worry CurlyFry, read the previous page, an ACCEPTANCE arrived in UK by snail mail and no email.
There is hope.
Good luck!
:)</p>
<p>MA… still no letter. I’m assuming I was rejected. This is bizarre.</p>
<p>tried to post this yesterday…it totally did not work that time.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!
SAT Verbal:770
SAT Math:610
SAT Writing:690
SAT Total:2070
SAT II: literature-660 and mathI-550(or something bad like that)
GPA unweighted: 3.8 or 3.9
Rank or % estimate: top 10%
Essays: Comman App was an essay that I got 100 on in my english class and then polished up a bit. I think it was damn good. “why vassar?” essay was totally awesome, as I’ve had time to stay on campus with my friend who is a freshman and therefore had many kickass things to say about the school.
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good
State or Country: NY (long island, unfortunately)
School Type: all guys, catholic, conservative, 99.9% white (“that” kind of school)
Ethnicity:boring white dude
Gender:dude
Important ECs: hiking/outdoors club, community service stuff, art club, literary club, working at school on maintenance/cleaning stuff with the janitors.</p>
<p>um, REJECTED
SAT Verbal: 690
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 680
SAT Total: 2190
SAT II: Bio M 750 Math II 710
ACT: none
AP/IB taken/scores: none
GPA weighted: 3.6
GPA unweighted: 3.4 <– ha, probably why. I got a lot better towards the end though. My senior GPA is a 4.0.
Rank or % estimate: not even in top half :-/
Essays: My essays were very good, but I was rushed and tired while doing my “why Vassar” so I’m afraid it fell a bit short.
Teacher Recs: typical recommendations
Counselor Rec: Fantastical! My counselor wrote about me overcoming a disorder and shooting up my grades.
Interview: This was the only one I had so i think it went ok.
Hook (if any): none
State or Country: NJ
School Type: small and unrecognizable, but competitive math and science magnet school. (I believe somebody else had this in the thread too)
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: F
Legacy: nope
Recruited Athlete & Sport: nope
Important ECs: heavily involved with animal rights and the environment. Lots of experience in all of it.
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to all of you who who got accepted. Vassar wasn’t one of my top schools of choice so I’m not too crushed by my rejection.</p>
<p>Who has Vassar in here as his or her first choice? I need some reassurance because I’m upset that I didn’t get into Ivies… :(</p>
<p>Hi showtunesguy… although Vassar isn’t my first choice, I’m probably going to go there. I’m still waiting on Amherst College; however, I’d say its pretty unlikely I’ll get in (I’ve already been rejected by Swarthmore and Penn so things don’t look good). No worries, you’re not the only one on here who might be at Vassar next year :-)</p>
<p>Hey showtunesguy89 and littleathiest, I applied to Brown, Harvard, Vassar, Amherst, Stanford, The College of William and Mary and UT Austin. I got rejections from both Harvard and Brown today (this Brown rejection was after a deferral from ED in December). I still haven’t heard from any of my other schools, and I really don’t want to go to UT Austin, even though it has a pretty good reputation. So, right now, I am slightly nervous. Vassar would be so wonderful, but I don’t know their decision yet. Hmmm… don’t feel bad showtunesguy89 about the Ivies. I’m learning more and more that I put too much faith in this process. I really hope everything works out for both of y’all, though, and everyone for that matter.</p>
<p>@ foodaholic, thanks so much!</p>